Only seven Black soldiers who fought in World War II have ever been awarded the military’s highest decoration for valor, the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – During the historic D-Day invasion of World War II, Walter D. Ehlers accomplished some of the most awe-inspiring acts of bravery imaginable, earning a Medal of Honor for knocking ...

But the ceremony to honor the Marine with the nation’s highest medal for valor was unique in more ways than one. At the age ...

The remains of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi have been identified, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday. Bianchi was killed on Jan. 9, 1945, after U.S. naval ...

Stan Friday, 96, had not been back to Normandy since the war. Before this week, Stan Friday had not been back to Normandy, France, since he and Allied forces stormed its beaches to liberate Europe ...

A Minnesota World War II hero is finally receiving recognition for his valor, decades after his courageous actions in battle.

Eighty years after the war ended, a coalition of retired military nurses and others is campaigning to award one of the nation’s highest civilian honors.

The somber atmosphere of the National Medal of Honor Museum is tangible before even entering its space. Visitors step into a glass elevator, smoothly ascending from the sunlit ground floor into the ...

Michael “Mike” Colalillo, Medal of Honor recipients DUUTH, Min. – Ely Young of Hermantown has been awarded the 2025 Mike ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — From the very first announcement, Arlington celebrated its choice as home to the National Medal of Honor Museum, a museum and monument dedicated to the sacrifices of the 3,528 ...

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands ...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – In a solemn ceremony held June 5, the U.S. Army formally renamed Camp Humphreys’ Freedom Chapel in honor of Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun, a Roman Catholic priest and ...